What is BMI carbon fiber and why is it used to build major structural parts of our spaceships? In this episode of We Build Spaceships, we dive into the advanced processes behind crafting carbon composite parts with our partner, Qarbon Aerospace.

Inside Flight Controls: Pilot Andy Edgell and Flight Controls Tech Fellow David Klyde dive into how we design, build, and test our spaceship’s flight controls in this episode of We Build Spaceships.

Welcome to the introductory episode of We Build SpaceShips. During this multi-episode series, we’ll take you behind the scenes into our production, test, and launch facilities, where you’ll hear straight from the experts and get an unprecedented look at the industry-defining work

It’s been a great week at Aspire’s Leaders of Luxury event at @BAFTA London and the Paris Air Show (@salondubourget)! We showcased our advanced spaceship program alongside key partners Qarbon Aerospace, @Dassault3DS, and @BellFlight. Our teammates on the ground enjoyed the

Starting next month, Virgin Galactic plans to launch a new series that takes you behind the scenes of how we build our SpaceShips – showcasing our progress as we pave the way for wider access to space travel.

Virgin Galactic CFO Doug Ahrens shared that $SPCE balance sheet remains strong with $567 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities. Cash spending is projected to decline through 2025.

We’re exploring the potential for our carrier aircraft to be adapted for government and research use, given its unique ability to carry heavy payloads to high altitude. Taking a more expansive view of our proprietary carrier ship platform could eventually lead to incremental.

We are midway through our feasibility study that is assessing the potential of a second spaceport in Southern Italy.

Future astronaut sales are expected to open in Q1 2026 as we move closer to our new SpaceShips taking flight.

Check out the carbon parts that have been built, as well as examples of parts currently in the production cycle. Wing skins, fuselage skins, and feather boom skins, as well as the aft bulkhead. “Skins” are the outer surfaces of the SpaceShip -- built with incredibly strong,

Our pilots are already testing the SpaceShip flight control system using our pilot simulator, which enables us to de-risk and expedite our flight test program by running hundreds of accurate simulations well before our first flight.

We also made great progress with avionics and flight controls. Avionics are the electronic and digital platforms that connect with each system on the SpaceShip and give our pilots the information they need to safely operate their missions. The test bench pictured is where we test

Some Delta progress to highlight: The team completed fabrication and acceptance testing on our rocket propulsion system’s oxidizer tank and is being prepped to be sent to our SpaceShip Factory. Our SpaceShips are built for breakthrough re-useability of 500 flights or more – and

Takeaways:. CEO Michael Colglazier shared that Virgin Galactic demonstrated strong progress advancing the build of our new SpaceShips in Q1, keeping pace with plans to begin commercial spaceflight in 2026. We continue to expect our first research spaceflight to take place next.

Virgin Galactic announced Q1 2025 earnings today. You can find call details, press release, and presentation here:

In recent months, our team has demonstrated strong progress advancing the build of our new SpaceShips. Mike Moses, President of Virgin Galactic’s Spaceline, recaps our most recent milestones in this installment of Galactic 10.

Virgin Galactic is in Colorado Springs, CO as part of the @SpaceFoundation 40th #SpaceSymposium to meet with space industry leaders from all over the globe. See you there!

A warm welcome home to @NASA_Astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov as they safely return to Earth! Special shoutout to @Astro_Suni and Butch Wilmore. Great to have you back!.

We’re excited by the progress we shared today. Our Virgin Galactic team, alongside the amazing teams at Qarbon Aerospace, @BellFlight, and our many suppliers across the country, have made incredible strides in building our new SpaceShips. Our collective work is driving momentum.

CEO Michael Colglazier reaffirmed our commitment at Virgin Galactic to delivering on the unlimited potential of commercial space travel as we scale our fleet and our business.